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No. 6l3,262. Patented Nov. I, I898. E. GADBOIS.

TRACK FOR DOOR HANGERS.

(Application filed Dec. 2, 1897.)

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No. 6l3,262. Patented Nov. I, I898. E. GADBOIS.

TRACK FOR DOOR HANGERS.

(Application filed Dec. 2, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ELI GAD BOIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK BARRON, OF MORGAN PARK, ILLINOIS.

TRACK FOR DOOR-HANGERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,262, dated November 1, 1898. Application filed December 2, 1897. Serial No. 660,525. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI GADBOIS, of Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Door-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and ex act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

The primary object of my invention is to so construct a door-hanging device for ordinary single or double sliding doors that the respective rails or tracks upon which the rollers travel may be adjusted at any time to the proper level and properly secured in position without removing the doors therefrom. A further object is to provide means in conjunction therewith for adjusting the doors themselves with reference to said tracks, so that the meeting faces of the door and jamb or those of the doors,if two are used, may fit accurately against each other when brought together and may be moved noiselessly upon said tracks. Moreover, it is my purpose to provide adjustable bumpers which may be so constructed that they may be accommodated to wear or to any variation in the adjustment of the doors or tracks, so that when the doors are pushed back they may register with the casing. Moreover, it is my purpose to pro- Vide improved means for guiding the bot=. toms of the doors, so that they may not rub against the casing when moved, all of which is hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair of sliding doors embodying the features of my invention, a portion of the wall being broken away to show said construction. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view in detail of one of the yokes or cross-bars for supporting the rear ends of the rails. Fig. 3 is a like view of the main or' adjusting yoke for supporting and adjusting the meeting ends of the rails. Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 is a like longitudinal sectional view to show more clearly the manner of adjusting the rails. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view in detail of the adjustable bumper. Fig. 7 is a trans verse vertical sectional view of a portion of the upper part of the door and rail, showing the manner of adjusting the hanger and the means employed for rendering the rollers noiseless. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional View taken upon the line 8 8, Fig. '7. Fig. 9 is an enlarged face view in detail of the lower portion of the door and easing, showing my improved bottom guide connected therewith; and Fig. 10 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view out through a portion of the casing and door immediately above said bottom guide, a portion being broken away to show the latter.

Referring to the drawings, Ct, Fig. 1, represents the studding, and b the upper crossbeam,which forms the usual main framework for the sliding doors a c. Rigidly attached to said framework upon opposite sides are depending bars 01 d at the respective ends of the beam b, Figs. 1 and 2, to which bars end yokes e e are rigidly attached by means of screws or nails, as shown. Elongated openings f, Fig. 2, in said yokes serve to receive and support the ends of rails g g, the other ends of which meet midway between the vertical studs 0. a and are suspended by means of my improved adj usting-yoke h, Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5. The latter consists of a thin flat plate or cross-bar arranged horizontally, the ends of which are attached, by means of screws 2' i, to rigid supports jj, which are attached within the wall to the framework and correspond with the parts d d. Midway between the ends of the cross-plate and depending therefrom are parallel lips or flanges k k, Figs. 3 and 5, which are in planes at right angles to the plane of the cross-plate and are placed at a proper distance apart to receive the ends of the rails g 9 between them, as clearly shown in said figures. The parts It k are connected by means of horizontalwebs Z Z, which extend laterally from the cross-plates and are preferably integral therewith and with the parts is k. The meeting ends of the rails g g are bored, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, to receive headed screws m m, which are tapped into the webs H. The meeting ends of said rails are thus suspended directly by means of the screws, which are in turn supported by the yoke. By turning said screws it is obvious that the meeting ends of said rails may be raised or lowered together or independently of each other, so that either or both may be adjusted at any time to horizontal positions. In order to secure said rails firmly in position and alinement when once adjusted, and thus avoid any displacement thereof or noise or jar therefrom, I clamp the lips 75 upon the rails by means of a clamping-bolt 01, Figs. 3 and 5, which is inserted between the ends of said rails, as shown. The tightening of the nut upon the bolt serves to hold the rails securely and firmly in alinement and prevents them from wabblin g when the doors are moved.

In Figs. 1 and 7 I have shown views of my improved hanger, which consists of a grooved leather-faced wheel, the leather 0 being preferably arranged in layers, as shown, and clamped between metal disks 1) p, which are riveted together, as shown. The groove is adapted to fit upon the half-round surface of the rail, thus rendering the action of the wheel noiseless. The axle may be formed upon or securedtothe disksin anywell-known way, being preferably provided with ballbearings, and is arranged to engage with a loop q, upon which is formed a depending stem T, which is flat and rectangularin crosssection, as shown in Fig. 8. The stem is inserted within a mortise formed in the top of the door, the lower end being threaded, as shown at s, to engage with an adj usting-nut t, arranged in a recessed plate 10, inserted in said door, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The upper portion of the stem 0* is fiat and adapted to fit in a corresponding slot formed in the plate 1;, secured to the top of the door, which prevents said hanger from turning and secures the wheel in perfect alinement with the track. (See Figs. 7 and 8.)

Vheu the rails are leveled through the medium of the adjusting-yoke h, the doors are then adjusted to conform to the level of the tracks by means of the adj usting-nuts 25. One door is first made plumb, and then the other 'is adjusted to conform thereto.

The bottom of the door is centrally plowed, as shown at c, Fig. 9, and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 10, to receive and engage a vertical stud 10, formed upon a plate w, the outer ends of which are curved upwardly, as shown, and are set into and screwed to the door-jamb and are covered and hidden by means of the usual stops or moldings 10 Fig. 10. The stud serves to guide the bottom of the door and to prevent it from rubbing against the casings.

In Figs. 1 and 6 I have shown my improved adjustable bumper, which coacts with the hangers and rails and is intended to be adj usted in harmony therewith. In the rear edge of each door, about midway between top and bottom, I insert a socket 0:, Fig. 0, which is permanently secured in place by means of suitable screws, as shown. The interior of the socket is screw-threaded and adapted to receive a screw '1 which is retained in any desired position by means of a lock-nut .2. Upon the outer end of the screw is an enlarged fiat head, to which is secured a cushion y, of leather or other suitable material, adapted to engage the studding a or whatever stop may be interposed for its engagement. The bumper should be so adjusted as to engage the stop when the edge of the door is flush with the molding of the casing, as shown in Fig. 10, and in case of a displacement of the rails, caused by a settlement of the walls or otherwise, necessitating a readjustment of the rails and hangers, either or both, it is obvious that the bumpers may be adjusted to conform thereto without injury to the walls or a removal of the doors.

It is obvious that my improvement may be applied to a single as well as to double doors, in which case the adjusting-hanger may be placed at either end of the rail.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a mechanism of the class described the combination with sliding doors and suitable rollers for suspending the same from supporting-rails, of independent supporting rails having their outer ends sustained by fixed sup ports, and a middle support adapted to receive the meeting ends of the rails, said middle support being provided with means for adjusting the height of said meeting ends independently of each other whereby said rails may be caused to lie in parallel planes and at difierent levels, substantially as described.

2, The combination with sliding doors and suitable rollers for suspending the same from supporting-rails, of independent supportingrails having their outer ends sustained by fixed supports, a middle support adaptcd'to receive the meeting ends of the rails, means in connection with said support for adjusting said meeting ends to diiferent heights with respect to each other so as to level each rail in a diiferent horizontal plane from that of its fellow, and means for rigidly clamping the the combination of supporting-rails having ent adjusting-screws m, m, flanges k k and [0 their outer ends sustained in fixed supports, clamping-bolt 72, substantially as described.

of the central support h having the independ- In testimony whereof I have signed this ent adj usting-screws m, 'm, substantially as specification, in the presence of two subscribdescribed. ing witnesses,this 30th day of November,1897. 5. In a mechanism of the class described, ELI GADBOIS.

the combination of supporting-rails having Witnesses:

their outer ends sustained in fixed supports, 0. R. BARNETT,

of the central support h, having the independ- D. H. FLETCHER. 

